Lippmann Coll 285

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P472585.

Transliteration

1(gesz2@c) 2(u@c) 4(asz@c) geme2 1(barig@c)
3(asz@c) gurusz 1(barig@c) 2(ban2@c)
3(asz@c)# [n] dumu#-nita# 1(barig@c)
4(asz@c) dumu-nita# 2(ban2@c)
2(asz@c) dumu-munus 2(ban2@c)
7(asz@c) dumu-nita-ga 1(ban2@c)
6(asz@c) dumu-munus-ga 1(ban2@c)
libir-me
4(u@c) 2(asz@c) dumu#-nita# 1(barig@c)
5(asz@c)# dumu-nita-ga# 1(ban2@c)
4(asz@c)# dumu-munus-ga 1(ban2@c)
dumu# gibil-me
2(asz@c)# lu2 azlag2 1(barig@c) 2(ban2@c) 7(asz@c) SIG7 za3-szu4 1(barig@c) 2(ban2@c) 1(asz@c) i3-du8
2(asz@c)# lu2 azlag2 1(u@c) SIG7 1(barig@c) 2(ban2@c)
lu2 azlag2-gal

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)) — Lippmann Coll 285. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Carl L. Lippmann Collection, Real Academia de la Historia, Madrid, Spain (P472585) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P472585..

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